80-689: Falligar the Behemoth , also known simply as Falligar , is a fictional deity who makes a single appearance in Thor: God of Thunder #3 (December 2012), as one of the victims of Gorr the God Butcher , who killed Falligar and left his corpse rotting on the shores of his home planet, with his worshipers surrounding him and praying for his resurrection. Falligar's corpse appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Fang
160-507: A Rocket Raccoon solo series. The following year saw a solo Groot miniseries written by Jeff Loveness. Guardians of the Galaxy was relaunched as part of the 2015 All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative with Brian Michael Bendis and Valerio Schiti returning as writer and artist respectively. The series sees Peter Quill and Gamora leaving the team, and Rocket becoming the new team's self-appointed leader, also two new characters were added to
240-458: A "Borderer": a Guardsman stationed on one of the Shi'ar's conquered worlds to help its governor enforce Shi'ar law there. Fang and a small number of other Guardsmen become renegades and turn traitor, betraying the Shi'ar Empire by serving Deathbird in her attempt to overthrow her sister Princess-Majestrix Lilandra . This incident involves Lord Samedar attempting to use some of the outlaw Guard to attack
320-498: A 7.5 out of 10 critic rating on the review aggregator website Comic Book Round Up. The May 2008 sales estimate for the first issue was 39,854 copies, making it the 61st top-selling comic title that month. The first and second issues sold out, and were later published as part of a collected edition. Al Ewing 's run of Guardians of the Galaxy received a nomination for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at
400-612: A construct made out of All-Black the Necrosword, releases Thor the Avenger from captivity and asks him to kill his father, observing that the man his father was once would be horrified at what he has become. As Thor dives into the heart of the Godbomb wielding both his Mjolnir and the Mjolnir of his older self, the prayers of all the gods from across time give Thor the power to absorb the blast. Thor from
480-522: A giant version of the green flame robots. In 1940, during a seemingly routine missing persons case, the Ferret and Nosie tailed a Professor Hamilton to a nondescript brownstone . In reality, Hamilton was a Nazi spy named Albrecht Kerfoot and the brownstone was a meeting place for spies. The Ferret was caught and stabbed in the heart with a dagger. His body was found by the Angel, who adopted his pet ferret and trailed
560-463: A god is slain by the blade, it provides more power to its wielder. Darby Harn of Screen Rant called Gorr one of Thor's "very powerful and very well-regarded villains," writing, "Gorr The God Butcher is a popular villain with fans in large measure because of how successful he was. He lived up to his name by killing most of the gods of the Marvel Universe, leaving an older Thor virtually alone on
640-650: A hospital. Connie then tells the team to lie low for a couple of days and stay out of trouble. The Ferret is a Timely Comics character who first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #4 (February 1940). He was a generic detective whose only notable feature was his pet ferret , Nosie. He wears a bulletproof vest and carries a gun. The Ferret appeared in six stories during the Golden Age of Comic Books , in Marvel Mystery Comics #4-9. In 2009, he appeared in
720-841: A matrix of magical energy. The group traveled to Earth-616, where Feron contacted the Phoenix Force and used its power to create towers on every Earth across the omniverse. Necrom then tried to drain Feron of the force, so he retaliated. Necrom took part of the Force, and Feron dedicated his life to prepare himself and his ancestors (including Feron) for his return. Connie Ferrari is a fictional defense lawyer in Marvel Comics . The character, created by Mark Waid and Andy Kubert , first appeared in Captain America (vol. 3) #20 (August 1999). Connie Ferrari
800-468: A reboot of the series, written by Al Ewing and drawn by Juann Cabal. This new series depicts the titular team, led by Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon and including Marvel Boy , Nova , Phyla-Vell , Moondragon and Hercules , fighting against the Gods of Olympus , with Gamora, Groot, and Drax also appear as prominent supporting characters. Wiccan and Hulkling later join as members. The 2008 series holds
880-818: A twig from Groot in his pocket until the right moment. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, the Guardians of the Galaxy assist Captain Marvel, the Ultimates , the Alpha Flight Space Program, Hyperion , and Quasar in fighting the Chitauri wave. Captain America, who was brainwashed into being a Hydra sleeper agent, activates the Planetary Defense Shield, trapping them outside of Earth. In 2020, Marvel announced
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#1733086043570960-518: A waitress named Amy Johnson in Harry's Hideaway, a bar the X-Men often visit to gather information for him. There she is able to scan Bishop's mind to find information about his ideal woman and changes her appearance to match this image. She takes the name Pamela Greenwood , but fails to get any closer to Bishop. He notices something familiar about Pamela, but never pursues his interest in her. After his visit to
1040-649: Is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The fictional character appears in the comics featuring the X-Men family of characters. She is an assassin who usually works for Dark Beast . Little is known about Fatale's youth. She is one of Europe's finest assassins and the Dark Beast 's most trusted servant. When Dark Beast becomes interested in the X-Man Bishop , he places Fatale undercover as
1120-541: Is a worker of Ezekiel Sims who once helped him in welcoming Silk into the bunker where they kept her safe from Morlun . Fantasia is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe . She first appeared in Captain America #352–353 (April–May 1989), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer . The character subsequently appears as Fantasma beginning in The Avengers #319–324 (July–October 1990). Fantasia
1200-511: Is able to wake Moondragon from the dead, but loses her Quantum Bands in the process. The consequence for Phyla is that she is now the new avatar of death. They go back to Knowhere and do not follow up on the search for Cammi. Warlock and Gamora return and inform the team of the War of Kings . They split into three teams, one each to the Kree and Shi'ar , and one staying on Knowhere to coordinate. The Kree team
1280-567: Is heard by Black Bolt and the Inhumans, but their request for peace is denied. The Shi'ar team is attacked by Vulcan and the Imperial Guard, leading them to ally with the Starjammers . Star-Lord, Mantis, Bug, Jack Flag, and Cosmo are taken to the 31st Century by that era's Guardians, who warn them of the creation of an all-destroying energy rift called The Fault at the war's conclusion. Trapped in
1360-470: Is rescued by long-time X-ally Yukio and is reclaimed by X-Factor, who had followed the parties involved to Japan, driving off Fatale and Scarlett after a massive battle. Fatale later helps Dark Beast mask Havok's abduction by Random , by penning a letter to Polaris. They disguise it as a letter from Havok, who has supposedly taken an extended leave of absence from the time and their relationship to try to cope with his problems on his own. When Onslaught attacks
1440-655: Is revealed that Fantasma is a Dire Wraith queen, and she aligns herself with the Presence and fights the Winter Guard. She is defeated by banishing her into Limbo again. Fantasia is a Russian soldier with super-powers. She is skilled in magic, especially in the use of illusions. She has also shown the ability to fly and certain mental abilities. Mooster Fantastic is an anthropomorphic moose and animal version of Mister Fantastic. Kat Farrell first appeared in Deadline #1 and
1520-624: Is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fang is a Lupak, a wolf-like alien and member of the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard . Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum , the character first appeared in X-Men #107 (October 1977). In recent years, the character has developed new abilities, including teleportation, flight, and energy projection/matter manipulation. Like many original members of
1600-717: The 32nd GLAAD Media Awards in 2021. During the " Secret Wars " storyline in the domain of King James' England (which is based on the Marvel 1602 reality), the Guardians of the Galaxy have a counterpart here named the Gardiner's Men. They are a troupe of performers consisting of Madam Gomorrah , Peadar O'Cuill , Arthur Dubhghlas , Goodman Root , and Aroughcun the Raccoon . Angela later befriended them when she helped to fight off attacking beasts. In another story, "Baby Thanos", other team members appeared with Cable instead of Star-Lord from
1680-476: The Age of Apocalypse , Bishop begins having nightmares. He suspects that the character Pamela Greenwood is somehow connected and goes to her apartment to question her. Pamela reveals herself as Fatale and fights Bishop. However, Dark Beast, monitoring the fight, calls her off when Beast enters the fight. Seeing a new opportunity to infiltrate the X-Men, Dark Beast kidnaps Beast and takes his place. Several months later in
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#17330860435701760-455: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants , simply called The Brotherhood. Havok frees Fatale and Dark Beast from prison, telling them that he chose Fatale over Ever and that he wants both of them to join his Brotherhood. Both agreed but Havok disbands the group several weeks later when he discovers Dark Beast's hidden lab. Fatale sides with Dark Beast, but is defeated by Havok. Fatale is de-powered during
1840-677: The Great Lakes Avengers be made official members of the team and she begrudgingly accepts. She later bails the team out of jail, after getting arrested over a bar fight, and inducts Goodness Silva as a member, so that she doesn't get prosecuted by the authorities. During a visit to the GLA's headquarters, Connie discovers that the team had kidnapped Councilman Dick Snerd, who was the super-villain Nain Rouge. They later find out that Good Boy had attacked him, leaving him seriously injured, and drop him at
1920-518: The Klyntar species, using the head of a slain Celestial . The blade is later banished into a black hole , but an elderly King Thor uses it to battle Galactus . Bonding with "All-Black the Necrosword" provides various superpowers to the one who wields it. The sword grants superhuman strength, durability, speed, and reflexes. The blade lets its user create different constructs, such as wings allowing
2000-664: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), portrayed by Christian Bale . Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic decided to relaunch the Thor franchise during the Marvel NOW! initiative. Gorr first appeared in Thor: God of Thunder #2 (January 2013). Gorr grew up on a nameless barren planet where earthquakes, lack of water, and wild animals are common. No gods helped his people, but they still trusted blindly in their faith. When his mother, mate, and children died, he thought gods could not exist, and because of that, he
2080-586: The Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special and several issues of The Marvels Project , a limited series. The Ferret aka Leslie Lenrow was a New York City based private investigator. He often consulted with the police on cases. In one case, he worked with Namor and his companion Betty Dean, the Human Torch and his sidekick Toro , the Angel , and Electro and his creator Philo Zog to defeat Nazi Dr. Manyac , his green flame robots, and Project: Blockbuster,
2160-726: The original team created by Arnold Drake , Roy Thomas and Stan Lee in 1969. The second volume of the title was published in May 2008, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and featured a new team of characters from the Annihilation: Conquest storyline. Abnett and Lanning's work on the Annihilation: Conquest story laid the foundation for the new Guardians of the Galaxy book that they had been wanting to launch for some time. Editor Bill Rosemann, who had also edited Annihilation: Conquest , provided more background: "As
2240-525: The " Decimation " storyline. She later resurfaces in the 2007 "X-Cell" storyline in X-Factor vol. 3, alongside fellow former mutant Blob as part of the terrorist group X-Cell. After Blob attempts to steal food from Multiple Man and Rictor , resulting in a fight between Rictor and Blob, she is forced to step in and attack Multiple Man, recognizing him only after the blow creates a duplicate, one with no moral or physical difficulty with breaking her arm. She stabs
2320-641: The Brood. According to Fang, the Lupak reproduce through cloning and keep mental templates of their citizens on file. When one of them dies, a new one is made. He reveals to X-23 that while he is not the Fang Wolverine met back in X-Men #107, as a clone, he is still technically the one Wolverine knew. Fang assists the Guardians of the Galaxy and X-23 in stopping a Brood infestation of a scientific facility. Tamara Pearson
2400-445: The Brood. His body is consumed and transformed by the Brood embryo implanted inside him, and the resulting Brood alien later fights Wolverine, who kills it. When the original Fang is killed, another Lupak, named Nev-Darr , is enlisted to take the place of the original Fang on the Imperial Guard. When that one is killed, a third one takes his place. In Untold Legend of Captain Marvel — which takes place before his first encounter with
2480-616: The Children of Tomorrow, Star-Lord is teleported away trying to come up with a back-up plan, and Gamora and Drax the Destroyer are surrounded and confused by the corpses of their comrades. During the subsequent conflict with the Beyonder-empowered Doom, Star-Lord is one of the survivors of the previous universe, piloting the 616 and Ultimate versions of Mister Fantastic in to mount a final assault on Doom's castle, and revealing that he kept
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2560-482: The Earth. His faction is opposed by other Shi'ar and the X-Men, the renegade Guardsmen battling the loyal Guardsmen, and Fang fighting Nightcrawler during the conflict. The Brood interfere with a concussion-style bomb secretly hidden in the midst of the battle. Soon after this incident, Fang is apparently slain when the Brood uses him as a host body for the egg of one of their young on the "Broodworld", former home-world of
2640-583: The Galaxy Vol. 2 , was released in 2017, and the team has also been featured in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Thor: Love and Thunder , as well as the Disney+ The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (both 2022) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). This Guardians team is the second to operate under the name, following
2720-405: The Galaxy appeared in a series for the 2012 Marvel NOW! branding, starting with issue 0.1 written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Steve McNiven , which saw Iron Man join the team. Later issues of the series saw Angela , Agent Venom , and Captain Marvel join. In 2014, to tie into the feature film, Marvel debuted Legendary Star-Lord , a solo series written by Sam Humphries, and
2800-489: The God Butcher Gorr the God Butcher is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic , Gorr first appeared in Thor: God of Thunder #2 (January 2013). Gorr the God Butcher has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful supervillains, as well as one of Thor 's greatest foes. The character made his live-action debut in
2880-412: The Imperial Guard, Fang is the analog of a character from DC Comics ' Legion of Super-Heroes : in his case Timber Wolf . He joins the other Imperial Guardsmen in battle against the X-Men on behalf of Emperor D'Ken on a nameless Shi'ar Empire planet. He is attacked by Wolverine , who defeats him and strips him of his costume, using it to sneak up on the other Imperial Guardsmen. Fang later becomes
2960-638: The Inhuman-led Kree. One of many battles in this war leads Fang and many others to Knowhere . Fang is one of the many Shi'ar soldiers assigned to team up with the Starjammers to investigate "The Fault," a space-time anomaly that not only threatens Shi'ar space, but all of reality. Fang reappears years later on Earth. He comes to visit Wolverine, only to discover that his "old buddy" had died . Fang eventually reveals all of his history with Logan to X-23 , revealing how he came back to life after being killed by
3040-572: The Spacedog is Knowhere's chief of security and works closely with the new team. After a confrontation with the Universal Church of Truth , the team meets a semi-amnesiac man who identifies himself as Vance Astro – Major Victory of the original Guardians of the Galaxy . Astro's declaration inspires the as-yet-unnamed team to adopt the "Guardians of the Galaxy" name for their own. When the team learns Star-Lord directed Mantis to telepathically coerce
3120-590: The X-Men — Fang, the Guard, Captain Marvel , and the Kree face an attack by the Brood. A small division of the Guard — Starbolt , Smasher , Fang, and Oracle — are selected to guard the personage of Deathbird , the current regent of the Shi'ar empire. They ally, then fight with the Kree, after the latter come to their assistance against a murderous attack from the Skrulls . Fang is seen as loyal Shi'ar warrior when they go to war with
3200-477: The X-Men, Dark Beast reveals himself and offers his services to Onslaught. Dark Beast, Random, Fatale, and a brainwashed Havok form the Dark Descendants and fight X-Factor, but are defeated. Havok and Random escape, but Dark Beast and Fatale are sent to prison. Havok decides that Dark Beast's experiments might still be going on, and he allies himself with the telepath/teleporter Ever and forms a new incarnation of
3280-510: The collapsing Cancerverse as the other Guardians escape. After the death of Star-Lord, the Guardians disband. Still believing in their cause, Cosmo recruits another team under the name "Annihilators". Rocket Raccoon and Groot later reunite and decide to continue the Guardians' legacy after the duo prevent an incident on Rocket's home world, Halfworld. The new team appears on Earth to aid the Avengers against Thanos. The Marvel NOW! iteration of
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3360-458: The courage to apologize to her and the two parted as friends. Later, Ferrari became the Avengers ' attorney and gained an assistant named Amy. She seems to somewhat regret breaking up with Rogers as she has started dating men who look like him. She discovers that Flatman unintentionally bought the rights to the name Avengers and comes asking to buy them from him. He agrees under the condition that
3440-433: The death of himself, Mantis, Cosmo, Major Victory, Martyr, and Gamora. Martyr frees herself with the help of Maelstrom , and enables Mantis to call the other Guardians for help telepathically. When they come to the rescue, Phyla-Vell is misled by Maelstrom into freeing Thanos . Thanos kills Martyr, but is captured by the Guardians and taken back to Knowhere as a prisoner. In the 2010 miniseries The Thanos Imperative ,
3520-590: The dupe with a concealed poisoned blade, before fleeing. She is later repowered by Quicksilver and the Terrigen Mist, but when she begins to heat up from the effects of the Mist, Abyss flings her and Reaper into the Brimstone Dimension and then follows them. The explosion that would have resulted from the Mist is forestalled by the frozen nature of time in the Brimstone Dimension. In the 2014 opening storyline of
3600-433: The fourth volume of X-Factor , which stars a new, corporate-sponsored incarnation of that team, it is revealed that A.I.M. scientist Terrance Hoffman managed to extract them from the Brimstone Dimension and capture them, draining them of the Terrigen Mist energies and leaving them powerless once again. He uses the mutants as guinea pigs, performing illegal experiments on them that they regard as torture. Serval Industries sends
3680-520: The future, Star-Lord's team is able to get a message to Warlock in the 21st Century. Warlock is unable to stop The Fault's creation, but is able to contain it with a spell that requires a stable, unused timeline. Warlock chooses the one he previously erased, causing him to become the Magus . Star-Lord's team, with the help of Kang the Conqueror , are returned to this point in the timestream. To escape, Magus fakes
3760-471: The future, where his wife and children have seemingly been resurrected, as he is about to set off the Godbomb, wanting to force the Thor who originally defeated him to witness the results of his efforts. Young Thor escapes and joins forces with his other selves to mount a new attack, but this assault fails and all three Thors are captured. However, when Gorr kills his wife for calling him her god, Gorr's "son", actually
3840-466: The galaxy, rather than reacting to crises as they happen. To this end, he recruits Adam Warlock , Drax the Destroyer , Gamora , Phyla-Vell (the new Quasar ), Rocket Raccoon , and Groot , with Mantis as support staff. On the recommendation of their ally, Nova , the group establishes a base of operations on the space station Knowhere , which possesses a teleportation system with near-universal range. An intelligent, telepathic dog named Cosmo
3920-629: The heroes into joining the team, they disband. Rocket Raccoon decides to continue Star-Lord's mission and starts a search for the missing members. His new team includes Bug , Mantis, Major Victory, and Groot, who is fully regrown. Meanwhile, Star-Lord was banished to the Negative Zone by Ronan the Accuser for his actions during the Phalanx's attempted conquest of the Kree Empire. There, he finds himself in
4000-518: The horde of Badoon but learn that, for violating the "Earth-is-off-limits" rule (the Spartax Earth Directive), they are to be placed under arrest by the King of Spartax. The Guardians manage to escape with the help of Groot, who had recently regrown after being destroyed by a Badoon ship's explosion. In April 2013, it was announced that Image Comics' Angela (Spawn) would join the Marvel Universe as
4080-424: The investigation of fellow journalist Teri Kidder's death, and was the first to interview Luke Cage when he brought the villain Green Goblin to justice. In the " House of M " alternate reality, Farrell is still a reporter. She wants to write the truth but meets resistance because the ruling mutant class controls the newspapers. At one point she meets Hawkeye , who is aware that reality has been altered. Fatale
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#17330860435704160-416: The media. Ferocia is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fera was a K'un-Lun wolf whose pack killed Heather Rand outside of K'un-Lun. She was later evolved by the magics of Shirrair and has become a servant of Master Khan under the name Ferocia. Feron is the name of two related characters. Feron is a wizard and member of Excalibur . The character
4240-412: The middle of King Blastaar 's fight to break into 42 and use its portal to invade Earth. Star-Lord allies with Jack Flag to defend the prison and contact the other Guardians for rescue. Rocket's new team successfully brings both of them back, and Flag becomes a Guardian. Elsewhere, Drax and Phyla begin looking for Cammi, but on their search they talk to a seer who tells them about an oncoming war . Phyla
4320-487: The new superhero team, X-Factor, consisting of Polaris , Gambit and Quicksilver to Hoffman's base to stop him and rescue the mutants, though they do not know that Fatale, Abyss, and Reaper are among them. Polaris frees Fatale, but Hoffman uses the energy drained from Abyss and Reaper to transform himself into a giant mutate of immense power. Quicksilver and Gambit manage to knock Hoffman unconscious and return him to normal, and when they prevent Reaper and Fatale from killing
4400-429: The planning of 'Annihilation: Conquest' came together, it occurred to us that, if things went well, there would be a group of characters left standing who would make for a very interesting and fun team." It also provided the motivation the team would need, as "on the heels of two back-to-back wars, they're out to prevent any new Annihilation-size disasters from erupting." The title ran parallel with Nova vol. 4, which
4480-414: The present day, Thor noticed the missing gods and investigated their disappearances. This brought Gorr and Thor to another battle, but Gorr then teleported into the future, spending centuries resuming his campaign against the gods. By the time Thor followed Gorr into the future, his aged counterpart was the last Asgardian defending the realm against the shadow berserkers. Gorr also brings the young Thor into
4560-428: The present then uses the two Mjolnirs to kill Gorr. Gorr's legacy returns to haunt Thor when Nick Fury —currently wielding the eye and knowledge of the murdered Uatu following the " Original Sin " storyline—whispers a secret to him that causes Thor to lose the ability to wield his hammer. After spending months tormented by that secret, refusing to share it with anyone else, Thor finally reveals to Beta Ray Bill that
4640-432: The real Captain America defeated the Supreme Soviets and freed the badly wounded Soviet Super-Soldiers. Fantasia later changed her name to Fantasma when the team became known as the People's Protectorate. Eventually the team broke up and merged with the Soviet Super-Soldiers to form the Winter Guard . Fantasma is rescued from a time anomaly by the Winter Guard, with her former teammates of the Protectorate on her trail. It
4720-408: The result of a legal battle between Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane . After appearing in the " Age of Ultron ", she joins the Guardians. Captain Marvel and Agent Venom later have stints as team members as well. During the " Secret Wars " storyline, the Guardians of the Galaxy take part in the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. During the incursion, Rocket Raccoon and Groot are killed by
4800-430: The resurrected and remade universe where they became " Punisher Universe ". But there were other team members as well, where there were Peni Parker , Wolverine , Kamala Khan ( Captain Marvel ), Juggernaut (Juggerduck), Cloak and Dagger , Iron Groot , and others heroes. All were killed by Frank Castle in order to protect the infant Thanos . The Guardians of the Galaxy appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with
4880-441: The secret was "Gorr was right", affirming to Bill that he now believes that Gorr was correct that the universe would have been better without gods. Despite that, Bill assures Thor that his willingness to keep fighting for others even without his hammer shows that he is more than a god. Millions of years into the future, Gorr is resurrected through the Necrosword by Loki to kill Thor. More powerful than ever, Gorr attempts to destroy
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#17330860435704960-590: The spies, eventually working with Captain America and Bucky to defeat them. One of the Morlocks Fiery Mask (real name Jack Castle ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He was a Golden Age superhero created by Joe Simon and first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1 from Timely Comics . He first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1, then in issues #5–6 and then in Human Torch Comics #2. He returned in 2008 in The Twelve . Chris Weston has referred to him as "Marvel's Green Lantern ." Gorr
5040-419: The story, Havok is losing control of his powers. Both Dark Beast and Sugarman order their respective agents Fatale and Scarlett McKenzie to kidnap Havok so that they can brainwash him. Scarlett is able to trick a dazed and confused Havok into coming with her as far as Tokyo, Japan, en route to Genosha , but they are intercepted by Fatale, who has hired the Tatsu clan's ninjas for their help in her mission. Havok
5120-444: The team from existing and previously unrelated characters created by a variety of writers and artists, with an initial roster of Star-Lord , Rocket Raccoon , Groot , Phyla-Vell , Gamora , Drax the Destroyer , and Adam Warlock . These Guardians first appeared in Annihilation: Conquest #6 (April 2008). A feature film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe based on this team was released in 2014. A sequel, titled Guardians of
5200-413: The team includes Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, and Iron Man . After Star-Lord's father visits him in a bar to tell him that it is forbidden for any alien species to visit Earth, Iron Man is attacked by an army of Badoon invading Earth. The Guardians and their newest member Iron Man defeat the ship; however, London is still invaded. The Guardians defend London and finish off
5280-414: The team, even attending Brian Braddocks's and Meggan Puceanu's wedding. The team disbanded soon after. Feron is an ancestor of Feron of Excalibur and a once student of Necrom hailing from Earth-148. The character was created by Alan Davis and first appeared in Excalibur Vol. 1 #50 (March 1992). The Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-148, Necrom invited his students (Feron and Merlyn ) to help create
5360-455: The team. Kitty Pryde (taking up the mantle of Star-Lord) and the Thing . As part of the same initiative, Star-Lord starred in a 2015 solo series again written by Humphries, while Drax and Gamora starred in their own individual solo series written by CM Punk and Nicole Perlman, respectively. In the aftermath of the Phalanx invasion of the Kree , Star-Lord decides to form a team of interstellar heroes that will be proactive in protecting
5440-438: The throne of Asgard in a dark future. Gorr is one of Thor's coolest comic book villains in recent years, with a ghostly look and a weapon, the Necrosword, that has a connection to the alien symbiote that spawned Venom." Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team) The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning formed
5520-488: The unconscious Hoffman, Fatale cannot believe Polaris actually works with Pietro and lets him know about what he has done to her, Abyss, and Reaper in the past, they will never be even. She soon enough turns her vow into reality, confronting the new X-Factor team during a conference press about the terrible things Quicksilver did under the assumption that it was a Skrull in disguise. Polaris has security take Fatale out, but Pietro holds them back, admitting his crimes in front of
5600-443: The universe is invaded by the Cancerverse , a universe that lies on the opposite side of the Fault, a rift in space-time formed at the end of " War of Kings ". The Guardians take Thanos to the Cancerverse in an attempt to end the war early. Along the way, Drax attacks Thanos and is killed. They are ultimately successful at ending the war, but Thanos is left enraged and promising to kill everyone. Along with Nova , Star-Lord remains in
5680-407: The universe, but is depowered by Thor and driven insane, sent to live out the rest of his now-mortal life on Indigarr. Gorr is a mortal who does not have superhuman abilities. He later enters in possession of the symbiotic weapon "All-Black the Necrosword," which according to Galactus, "carved the first dawn from the stone of the endless night." The blade was forged by Knull , the progenitor of
5760-432: The user flight at extreme speeds, magical weapons, sharp tendrils that can kill any god, including Asgardians , and a shroud of Berserkers constructed out of darkness. The sword grants virtual immortality. It allows its wielder to recover quickly from injuries. With the sword, Gorr also created the Godbomb, an anti-divinity armament designed to kill every god who had existed or ever would exist. Additionally, each time
5840-450: Was a double homicide or Hart had killed his wife first. Farrell discovers that Hart had been murdered by the Tinkerer . He had returned, though, with supernatural powers. Paul Swanson, fellow reporter, breaks into her apartment and kills her fish in an attempt to scare her off the case. Undeterred, she nevertheless decides to drop the story anyway, to protect Hart. Farrell also participates in
5920-675: Was a member of the Supreme Soviets . The team had been sent by the Soviet government to capture the Soviet Super-Soldiers , who were attempting to defect to the United States. Fantasia disguised the team members with an illusion to appear as members of the Avengers : Red Guardian as Captain America , Perun as Thor , Crimson Dynamo as Iron Man , and Sputnik as the Vision . Eventually,
6000-458: Was a well noted New York attorney. She met and started dating Steve Rogers who, unbeknownst to her, was actually Captain America . Their relationship would soon hit a snag due to Ferrari's continual defense towards criminals, most notably her brother David who was the Answer . When Ferrari found out that Rogers and Cap were one and the same, she felt betrayed and broke up with him. Rogers later worked up
6080-467: Was already the host. He then joined Excalibur to defeat Necrom. Feron went missing after a mishap with magic caused him to absorb Meggan's powers and he turned to water and went missing. He would reappear, disgruntled by the fact nobody on Excalibur seemed to search for him. He took on the guise of Executioner and turned the Crazy Gang against Excalibur. He was unmasked and he settled his differences with
6160-686: Was also written by Abnett and Lanning. The two crossed over in the storylines " War of Kings " and " Realm of Kings ". Paul Pelletier pencilled the first seven issues. Brad Walker and Wes Craig alternated pencilling tasks from #8 to #25. The book was canceled in April 2010 with issue 25. Some plot threads were concluded in The Thanos Imperative 1–6 and its two one-shots (May 2010 – Jan 2011). The team appeared reassembled in Avengers Assemble #4–8 (June–October 2012). The Guardians of
6240-514: Was created by Alan Davis and first appeared in Excalibur Vol. 1 #48 (January 1992). Feron was trained by an order of monks for the return of Necrom . Feron always levitated with his magic as it was believed when his feet first touched the Earth, he would become host to the Phoenix Force . When Necrom did return, Feron touched the ground but did not become host to the Phoenix, as Rachel Summers
6320-611: Was created by Bill Rosemann. A reporter for the Daily Bugle , Farrell is the co-head of The Pulse , a section of the Bugle which focuses on superheroes. Initially, Farrell is interested in reporting on 'real' heroes, such as police officers and firefighters, and did not like being forced to cover superheroes. Following six supervillain homicides, Farrell is led to murdered judge Michael Hart, who presided solely over superhero crimes. Hart's wife had also been murdered. The police suspect that it
6400-715: Was outcast by his tribe. When he learned gods did exist but did not help those in need, such as his dying family, he vowed to kill them all. He then acquired All-Black the Necrosword from Knull after witnessing Knull in combat with a golden god. He eventually finds young Thor Odinson on Earth in Medieval Iceland . He nearly killed the God of Thunder, but a band of Vikings came to assist him in their battle. While Gorr escaped with his arm cut off, he soon learned he needed help, so he created an army of shadow berserkers, then slowly and quietly eliminated more and more gods. Eventually, in
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